{"id":5157,"date":"2015-02-25T20:15:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T01:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2017-03-17T10:58:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T14:58:43","slug":"5-reasons-art-therapy-will-benefit-your-munchkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/5-reasons-art-therapy-will-benefit-your-munchkin\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Art Therapy Will Benefit Your Munchkin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"PAT_logo-02By Gabriella Torres – owner\/founder of The Positive Art Therapist<\/a>, a Miami Beach-based art therapy practice specializing in children and young adults. Click here to learn more about The Positive Art Therapist<\/a> & email Gabriella<\/a> for a complimentary session today!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Art therapy is a beautiful way to enhance a child’s strength, boost\u00a0 confidence, improve communication skills and provide a therapeutic space to process change. It is healthy, preventative and progressive – a tangible way to make a lasting impact on your little one. Read below to explore 5\u00a0 benefits art therapy can have on your child…<\/p>\n

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5 positive benefits art therapy can have on your child:<\/p>\n

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  1. Self-Growth<\/strong>. Children get an opportunity to grow internally.<\/li>\n
  2. Expressivity<\/strong>. Do you ever find yourself without the right words to describe something? Children encounter this feeling more often than not and communicating through art is their natural language.<\/li>\n
  3. Self-Esteem<\/strong>. Art Therapy grows self-confidence, helps children adjust to change, increases verbal and nonverbal communication and reduces anxiety.<\/li>\n
  4. Positive Enjoyment<\/strong>: Children are often entertained by iPads and electronics – art therapy gives them a chance to find enjoyment through creativity and expressivity.<\/li>\n
  5. Heightened Emotional Intelligence<\/strong>: Art therapy provides children a therapeutic space to learn about, identify and understand their emotions, thoughts and feelings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    <\/div>Ready to get started? Email Gabriella for a complimentary session today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n
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    By Gabriella Torres – owner\/founder of The Positive Art Therapist, a Miami Beach-based art therapy practice specializing in children and young adults. Click here to learn more about The Positive Art Therapist & email Gabriella for a complimentary session today!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munchkinfun.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}